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Does anyone know who/what Schopenhauer’s favorites were, in regards to literature, music, and art? Besides Plato and Kant.

>> No.17223530

>>17223527
Also besides Eastern philosophy, I forgot to mention that.

>> No.17223531

>>17223527
Musically he liked Rossini, in literature Shakespeare

>> No.17223541

>>17223527
He liked Mozart and Rossini and respected Beethoven. As for literature, he loved Goethe, Cervantes, Calderon and Shakespeare the most.

>> No.17223546

>>17223541
>Cervantes
Huh, I guess he really was a pseud after all

>> No.17223582

>>17223527
Schopenhauer started his magnum opus with a quote from Rousseau.
He also appreciated Hume.

>> No.17223583

>>17223527
I remember him mentioning Goethe a bit in essays and aphorisms.

>> No.17223661

>>17223527
Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, Cervantes' Don Quixote, and Rousseau's Julie are the four best novels according to him

>> No.17223686

>>17223527
I remember he learnt Spanish to read the Spanish Golden Age authors, especially Gracián and Calderón. He even made some translations.